מָלֵא

ma.le · to fill

Hebrew · Strong's H4390 · Verb · Sounds like: maw-lay' · 249 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively); accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מָלֵא 249 vb. be full, fill
Qal 99
1. be full, usu. c. acc. material
2. trans. fill
Niph.
1. be filled
2. be accomplished, ended
Pi.
1. fill
2. special uses are:
3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, obj. week, year, day
Pu. filled
Hithp. mass themselves against me

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 1:13 נְמַלֵּ֖א ne.ma.Le' · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

  2. Proverbs 3:10 וְיִמָּלְא֣וּ ve.yi.mal.'U · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

  3. Proverbs 6:30 לְמַלֵּ֥א le.ma.Le' · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  4. Proverbs 8:21 אֲמַלֵּֽא׃ פ 'a.ma.Le' · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

  5. Proverbs 12:21 מָ֣לְאוּ Mal.'u · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  6. Proverbs 20:17 יִמָּֽלֵא־ yi.ma.le'- · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  7. Proverbs 24:4 יִמָּלְא֑וּ yi.mal.'U · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

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